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¨^~\*%@£##  a secret roundabout: in what used to be ##£@%*\~^¨
¨¨^~\*%@£#  brazil or china. fenced in, secluded by #£@%*\~^¨¨
¨^~\*%@£##  special plants growing unusually tall.  ##£@%*\~^¨
^~\*%@£###    spelled in by purposeful symmetry,    ###£@%*\~^
¨^~\*%@£##     roads like symbols, aligned with     ##£@%*\~^¨
¨¨^~\*%@£#  ley lines. dialed in with well-rounded  #£@%*\~^¨¨
¨^~\*%@£##             gps coordinates.             ##£@%*\~^¨
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¨^~\*%@£##    a dangerous game: the roundabout is   ##£@%*\~^¨
^~\*%@£###  important to some large constellation   ###£@%*\~^
¨^~\*%@£##       of intents and bureaucracies.      ##£@%*\~^¨
¨¨^~\*%@£# governments and companies are creatures  #£@%*\~^¨¨
¨^~\*%@£##     in a way. yet people sneak small     ##£@%*\~^¨
^~\*%@£###   between their claws, and hide in the   ###£@%*\~^
¨^~\*%@£##     roadside bushes. they wait there.    ##£@%*\~^¨
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¨^~\*%@£##    vehicles approach; the game is on -   ##£@%*\~^¨
^~\*%@£###    quickly the people assemble in well   ###£@%*\~^
¨^~\*%@£## practiced geometries. their bodies make  ##£@%*\~^¨
¨¨^~\*%@£#  counter-spells on the asphalt. traffic  #£@%*\~^¨¨
¨^~\*%@£##   is instantly diverted, flows in sick   ##£@%*\~^¨
^~\*%@£###  ways, like dogs let loose. symmetry is  ###£@%*\~^
¨^~\*%@£##                   lost.                  ##£@%*\~^¨
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¨^~\*%@£##  cars are ejected into the greens. ships ##£@%*\~^¨
^~\*%@£###     collide. there are many kinds of     ###£@%*\~^
¨^~\*%@£##      casualties, on both sides. the      ##£@%*\~^¨
¨¨^~\*%@£#    spellmakers will not come home. it    #£@%*\~^¨¨
¨^~\*%@£##   sickens me, this physical reality of   ##£@%*\~^¨
^~\*%@£### it, but the cause is just. i sneak back  ###£@%*\~^
¨^~\*%@£##      over the fense, heading south.      ##£@%*\~^¨
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